I worked as an advisory teacher for autism for a local authority,as senior educational lead for the National Autistic Society, as an assistant headteacher and as lead for autism training for the Autism Education Trust. I am also a single parent of young man with autism.
My work included preparing teachers for the education, or health and care map (EHCP) in September 2014. So imagine my surprise to read your article on autism,special educational needs (SEN) and exclusion (2 April). The terms used are several years out of date, and I am not certain how we can trust the statistics used if SSEN is still being used instead of EHCP.
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Source: theguardian.com